JAKARTA - The hunt for the title of Golden Boot or Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is getting hotter. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have a great opportunity to achieve it.
Messi scored his fifth goal in Qatar as he led Argentina to beat Croatia 3-0 at the Lusail Stadium, Wednesday, December 14 this morning. The result saw them go to the final and waited for a semifinal winner between Morocco and France.
The additional one goal also made La Pulga match Mbappe as the current top score leader in the hunt for the Golden Boot in the quadrennial tournament.
Mbappe had a chance to get past his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate if he added a goal against Morocco. If later France qualify for the final, the two players can overtake each other in the final match later.
However, the record of the two superstars can still be passed by their teammates Olivier Giroud (France) and Julian Alvarez (Argentina). Both names trailed four goals each.
The following is a list of Qatar's 2022 World Cup top scorers:
5 goals: Kylian Mbappe (France), Lionel Messi (Argentina)
4 goals: Olivier Giroud (France), Julian Alvarez (Argentina)
3 goals: Enner Valencia (Ekuador), forced Gappo (Netherlands), Marcus Rashford (England), Alvaro Morata (Spain), Bukayo Saka (England), Richarlison (Brazil), Goncalo Ramos (Portugal)
2 goals: Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Mehdi Taremi (Iran), Cho Gue-sung (South Korea), Andrej Kramaric (Kroasia), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana), Ferran Torres (Spain), Ritsu Doan (Japan), Vincent Aboubakar (Kamerun), Salem al-Dawsari (Arab Saudi), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia), Niclas Fuellkrug (Germany), Kai Havertz (Germany), Breel Embolo (Switzers), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Rafael Leao (Portugal), Wout Weghorst (Netherlands), Neymar (Brazil), Youssef En-Nesyri (Maroko), Harry Kane (England).
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